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Ghouta

A girl is seen in an ambulance during medical evacuation from eastern Ghouta late Tuesday.

Children with cancer among patients evacuated from besieged Syrian district

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Syria has allowed a group of about 30 people to be evacuated from the besieged district of Ghouta, near the Syrian capital of Damascus. The group included children with curable forms of cancer and spurred talk of possible future evacuations.

A fuel stand in rebel-held, besieged Eastern Ghouta, Syria, Feb. 12, 2017.

The lucrative business of smuggling supplies into Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta

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